Slaughter and May has scored a major coup for its fledgling private equity practice after being chosen ahead of Clifford Chance to act for Permira on its bid for retailer WHSmith. The private equity house’s 375p per share bid for WHSmith, valuing the retailer at £939.4m, is still in its early stages, and as yet […]
Ashurst advises developers of world’s dearest apartment” />Ashurst has advised new clients Manresa Developments and Candy and Candy on the sale of the most expensive apartment in the world.The former global head of global exchange at Citigroup Julian Simmonds – the man behind Manresa – bought the Manresa Road premises from Formula One driver Bernie […]
Travers Smith Braithwaite is close to executing an AIM float for noodle bar chain Wagamama as the initial public offering (IPO) market shows signs of springing back to life. Travers originally advised Graphite Capital Management back in 1998 when it first invested in Wagamama. Graphite currently holds around 60 per cent of the restaurant chain, […]
Individuals downloading music illegally could well be on the UK regulator’s hit list. By Matt Byrne
Thirteen years in the job, and Vodafone’s Stephen Scott still hasn’t lost his taste for deals. By Steve Hoare
Mediation statistics have for the last few years shown a healthy growth. Statistics from CEDR Solve, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s dispute resolution service, have often been used as an indicator of the field’s development, and for 2003 show an all-time high of 631 cases. This is an absolute growth of 35 per cent. […]
Times have changed a lot since Berkshire firm Gardner Leader was set up in 1895. Nowadays firms are brand-aware, have state-of-the-art IT systems, work through management committees and even, in the case of the present day Gardner Leader, allow clients to provide ‘qualitative appraisals’. “We’re a very approachable firm and recently introduced a system whereby […]
Mergermarket computer bug throws M&A rankings into confusion; Clifford Chance comes top in deals by value table
Helen Power finds that MOP tax supremo Liam Quirke is a key driver
Ireland’s first exchangeable bond – a new vista for Irish bond issuance. Hugh Beattie reports
McCann FitzGerald has carved out a niche for itself in the Irish finance market, so far winning all mandates to advise on the country’s new asset-covered bonds. The firm got in on the act early when partner Roy Parker worked with the Irish Bankers Association to help draft the 2001 legislation that covers the securities, […]
Morgan Cole has reconfigured its London operation after a slew of defections over the last 12 months. The office, now headed by partners Stephen Room and Leon Golstein, will now focus purely on property and property litigation services for property, energy and investment clients. It will also offer mediation and dispute resolution under partner Phillip […]